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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: stopping a loop iteration without exiting it
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On 01/04/2018 10:52 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
>>
>> I have never seen a real-world situation in which a "continue" was
>> needed.
> 
> It's a common idiom in Perl when looping over a stream of discrete items
> (like lines in a file). A test at the top of the loop for cases where
> processing is not necessary in the form of
> 
>    next if <condition>

I hardly think Perl is a good example for Ada language design decisions. This 
appears to be exactly an example that can be replaced  by an if statement, anyway.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Brave Sir Robin ran away."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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